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Fernando Silva's chess openings

IM🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 2251275 games

Fernando Silva, International Master from Portugal, has 275 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Fernando Silva most often opens with 1.e4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White121 games · +38 =48 −35 · 51%
As Black154 games · +51 =56 −47 · 51%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening51%
    62 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.c4 English Opening35%
    42 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%
    10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%
    62 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense9%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...e6 French Defense5%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%
    26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense26%
    12 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game17%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6

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